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Is it ironic that I stayed up late to do a project for school, but end up oversleeping and not going.

Is it ironic that You hit all green lights on your way to an appointment that you're already 20 minutes late for.

Is it ironic that A room mate refuses to watch a sitcom with you because he finds laugh tracks annoying...

Is it ironic that If you have Hippopotomonstroquipedaliophobia it means you have a fear of long words.

Is it ironic that People were loving "change" when they voted in Obama, but people do not like changes on facebook?

Is it ironic that Supervisor is told coworker is unsafe.

Is it ironic that This website, by having people vote on examples of irony, could inadvertently redefine the word "ironic"?

Is it ironic that A fireman's house caught on fire.

Is it ironic that The children clapped their hands to the late teacher.

Is it ironic that The optician makes you blind.

Is it ironic that Two people say they're so in love and a month later they break up???

Is it ironic that An ambulance ran over someone on the way to a call.

Is it ironic that There is a rehab for alcholics and outside there is a men sitting outside with a beer.

Is it ironic that He is late for the function at his office where he is going to get the award for the most punctual employee ?

Is it ironic that A young girls poor family struck oil, It turned out to be a dream, but after she woke up they actually did strike oil?

Is it ironic that A person being racist to a group of people is picked on and then felt racist towards themselves.

Is it ironic that If I'm trying to prove if something is ironic on a website that readers decide upon whether it's ironic and you get one wrong because the irony is too complex and you don't understand?

Is it ironic that The following thought made me laugh in the same manner that I laugh at irony, and I thought it might quality under definition 2i: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, but I'm not sure.

Is it ironic that If a woman with the star sign Virgo (the virgin) is working as a hooker?

Is it ironic that I was smiling over a horror book that i read?

Is it ironic that That people come here to find out what irony means, only to vote/judge what is and what is not ironic.

Is it ironic that "Those islands yonder, they are the steppingstones to the future of Japan"

Is it ironic that The day before I was to have painful oral surgery, I injured my gums with a tooth pick?

Is it ironic that If someone lives their life avoiding flying because they are scared of dying, then is made to fly because of illness, then crashes and dies, is that irony?

Is it ironic that I (a brown, dark haired woman) made a joke while holding my friend's very pale baby that it clearly wasn't my own (due to the obvious difference in skin color), then had a very pale, blond baby myself a year later?